New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-03
Mr.. BLAINE'S ENGLISH VISIT
GREAT INTEREST AND A CORDIAL WELL
COME AWAITING HIM.

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roxno~ Juuc 2-Mr Blaine's coming ,ie" "
rno,ond excites no little interest. Ensnsh"In
40 far anticipate the future as 10 ASK "no' II.
will he allowed by law to leave America uuiNs
Presidency. Mr.. Blaine's declaration 'n'' "o -
;do. .f meddliue with Home Rule while mere IL
autographed to London His Juuginenv .ea.oa Sa
80 !. nronounced perfectly sound Weii-lnformea
io"',;aho,en know ali about Mr.. Blaine. tney
naT,o not forpotten his policy which they thousht
hcotiIs 70 England, nor his frequent expressions
&c .rmnatbv with Irish Homo Rule. Inc grea'
-ossos of neop,e in this country regard tne i".'0'
;ust a. we did English sympathy with secession
put Mr.. Blaines reception here will not. 'hihh'
ho less cordial ON that account. Liberals az any
10 will welcome him as the leader OF tne Rios'
An,ar;can nartv which in their view corresponds
most nearly tc the Liberal party here.
Ue vii find on arriving the English Mugwuipps
,.,L;rr things unpleasant for Mr.. Gladstone. Inc
araI.Iynionists have indeed burned their poa's
II Ia difficult to conceive how after yes'oiu",
proceedings they can return to the Lioerai pS,'.
That they would never return under MI ',"u
stone's leadership has long been evideI.' W.
Chamberlain had gone furthest. He wen. LUZ .NV,
.tiI] Yesterday His Radical Union' WHICH NOV
h;cb conference at Birmingham, is hghtihg
-,.,;,o,ion which hitherto had not done mucn
6chtinp. It seems likely to begin operations ny
an electorsl coalition with the Tories IL Is tl'he'
s,vs Mr.. Chamberlain, to take a new departure
He looks to a new party, which as said mus. oe
rartv Of coalition unless the Libera-Uniohists go
over borse and foot, to the Tories ana arc
absorbed in their organization. 1nat Is wha' 1iA
Cbomhe1lain seeks to provide against Ine
IibsrallJuionist view is that the Tories msy
probably haye to come over to them.
Mr. Morley, at Norwich, and now Mr. Chamoer
lain. at Birmingham, scoff at conciliaton. Ihis
bitterness toward old friends is tho sole pom. Oh
which old friends now agree. "The Giadstonans
have slammed the door in our faces, CRIES MT
Chamberlain. lit is not the Irish question whlch
keeps us apart. That could have been COM
promised. They don't want us back" Inc cieaV-
age IN the ranks of the Liberal party has Decome
complete and irretrievable and so he turns to the
Tories Lord Harrington abstains from personaii-
ties but is not less decided in tone. His letter 10
aMv Dear Chamberlain" contains the strongest
expressions he has yet used. Mr.. Bright goes
further still and beyond all precedent. his
description of Mr.. Gladstone as q turncoat VINO
abuses Liberals of longer standing who nave
refused to trrr their coats at his bidding, must
mt an end to the historical friendship between
these chief Liberals OF their time. Altogether Inc
situation has never been SO bad as it is to-day.
NJ. Rouyer's victory in the French Chamber
shows on ANALYSIS majority of Republicans voting
for the new Ministry He had, counting only Re
publican voters, majority of twenty on the first
division and fifty on tho second. The Radicals OF
conrse depounce him for coaescing with tho
Reaetionaries but the ouly chance the Radicals
have of turning him cut Is for themselves 10
coalesce with the Roactionaries. No vote from tne
Right w as given against the Government, though
forty-seven abstained NJ. Rouviers programme IS
thought to be moderate and modest His friends
saw lie will court popularity by large reductions OF
expenditure.
New Jubilee questions, proposals and ideas of all
kinds are started every morning The latest Is the
Duke of Westminsters scheme. that the ilumina-
tion on June q should he carried out by what he
calls the simple and effective method of placing
candle in every pane of every window OF every
house Most papers print this startling proposal In
big type without comment. The Daily Neps finds
courage to dissent from Duke, and estimates that
such an experiment wonId result in burning dow d
one house in every other street. This stern
Radical, however, admits that this is probably
not what the Duke had in view. A still more
serious question is what many think the great
danger Of burning down Westminster Abbey itself.
The W hole building is in the hands OF contractors
who are filling II with vast quantities OF timber
and other ulammable material No doubt precau-
tions are TAKEN But experts shake their heads.
Whether without fire the building Will emerge
scathess after such excessive operations inside IS
only too doubtful. Competition for tickets to the
IL 4tnr ha
fashionable world intends to be present in solid
body. Every kind Of interest and solicitation is
being brought to bear on the officials Letters
written even to tue Queen herself Whether
the eminent in science. literature, art industry
and commerce who have made the Queens reign
eminent will be asked seems uncertain. Society's
power in such matter has been shown by the
alteration of the Queens route now officially
announced, for the benefit of Clubland.
The Rodley Library controversy at Oxford has
been settled by majority Of nearly two to one
against the rroect of converting it permanently
into lending library. Professor Freeman. Pro
fessor Max Muller and other college dignitaries
favored the circulating scheme SO did MIR. Nchol-
kon, the librarian. But the solid good sense of
majority of the C0nvocaton was on the other side.
The resolution carried forbids the lending of any
book or manuscript except Sy express authority
of the COnvocation.
The possibility of a boat race between Harvard
aud Cambridge is once more suggested by the
letter of The Cambridge Boat Clubs president
Money seems to be wanting on this side for Wait
to America. good many people hope Harvard
will como here again. "Nor could there be,"
remarks one leading journal, more popular event
than the winning of the race by Harvard; for in
sport we are still, fair-minded people,
With every desire to be kind the critics do no;
succeed In describing "Wcrner" as good acting
play. Mr.. Irving has done bis best for 1t. lie gave
Mr.. Frank Marshall carte b'auchc to alter both the
structure and versiication. He dressed and
mounted 1t with the utmost care and elaboration,
oven splendor. But when ell was said and done